No. 287 / January, February 1997
State of the World
- State of the World Report
Is the world getting better or worse at meeting the basic needs of the human family?
Chris Brazier investigates.
- After the Terror
Four observations by the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.
- A world to be won
Instead of conceding defeat or replaying its own greatest hits, the Left must turn radically Green,
argues Jeremy Seabrook.
- LETTER FROM RUSSIA
An odd oasis by Olivia Ward.
- Sharing one skin
Native Canadian Jeanette Armstrong believes the world needs to learn from her people and fast.
- LETTER FROM BANGLADESH
Changing their destiny by Shahidul Alam.
- Mean streets
Mozambique is undergoing a crime wave and the IMF and World Bank may be responsible, as Mark Whitaker reports.
- Daring to dance
Nikki van der Gaag travels to Croatia to hear how women from three different conflict zones are making peace.
- Killing the dream
An update on what has happened to the refugees in Ikafe, Uganda, who featured in our September issue.
- LETTER FROM PALESTINE
These prison walls by Stephanie Nolen.
- Deaf to the screams
The world is letting mothers die. NI founder Peter Adamson demands action.
- LETTER FROM GUATEMALA
Strong hearts to struggle by Wendy Tyndale.
- LETTER FROM INDIA
The broken kaleidoscope by Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- LETTER FROM GHANA
Kill or cure by Daniel Mensah Brande.
- The NI Interview
Mohammed Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, talks to Para Teare.
CHRONICLE OF 1996
An alternative view of the year's events, with special features on:
turmoil in Bangladesh; the nuclear threat; asylum-seekers; the Kurds; Zaire/Rwanda;
activist prizewinners; and the World Food Summit.
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